They say few have been a member of Donald Trump’s inner orbit longer than Omarosa Manigault Newman. Their relationship has spanned fifteen years—through four television shows, a presidential campaign, and a year by his side in the most chaotic, outrageous White House in modern history, if not all time. But that relationship has come to a decisive and definitive end, and Omarosa is finally ready to share her side of the story in (what the publisher describes as) “this explosive, jaw-dropping account.”

A retaliatory tell-all and (as described by the publisher) “takedown” from a “strong, intelligent woman who took every name and number, UNHINGED is a must-read for any concerned citizen.”

Newman has already begun doing interviews promoting the books. They are difficult to watch as she is incredibly arrogant with whomever is interviewing her.

President Trump has gone on the attack against Newman, describing her as “not smart” and a “low life.” For the most casual observer, a ton of questions come to mind from this experience.

For Donald Trump:

Why did Trump hire her in the first place? She has a history of “scorched earth” behavior, he had 15 years to size up whether she was a “low life” or “smart.” If Newman is lacking, what does it say about the President that hired her?

Who is in charge at the White House? In a bizarre audio one hears Trump telling Newman that he “does not love” her being fired by Kelly, and that he had “no idea” it was going to happen. This exchange validates the argument promoted by Newman that Trump is out of touch, if not out of control. Either that, he is lying, which he has also been accused of doing.

For Newman:

Why did she stay in a “racist” White House? She indicates that there was a culture of racism from day one. She has known Trump for years, why did she take this long to notice?

Did she break any laws in the taping of conversations? Many, including those not known as Trump supporters, are beginning to ask that question.

Has she already violated a nondisclosure?

If Trump was “mentally unstable” and not competent to serve (as he has said in frequent interviews), why did she not resign sooner and bring attention to this “crisis” situation?

It is amazing to watch the circus surrounding Newman. Largely marginalized and dismissed by the media for years, she is suddenly a “darling” in the TV circus and treated as surprisingly credible. It is the type of thing that makes people question the media’s credibility.

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https://www.usabusinessradio.com/joining-efforts-for-high-quality-broadcasting-of-world-cup-football/#respondTue, 14 Aug 2018 14:00:13 +0000https://www.usabusinessradio.com/?p=9880This summer, billions of football fans all over the world fell under the spell of a breathtaking football performance – World Cup 2018, which took place across 12 venues in 11 Russian cities from June 14 to July 15. Lots of technical stuff was put into organizing high-quality broadcasting of this long-awaited event and giving viewers a chance to witness every football triumph or defeat. Elecard made its contribution as a live encoder vendor and a partner of AMT Group that delivered and distributed TV-signals within the stadiums at World Cup 2018. The Elecard team in cooperation with AMT Group ensured proper maintenance of the broadcasting system, took part in startup and adjustment works and provided the lowest possible latency in signal delivery.

High-quality and fast delivery of the video captured at the stadium during the game is a top priority, but a sophisticated challenge for FIFA officials. Any delay in the video signal delivery will result in significant complications for numerous commentators, announcers and other press members. It is important for them to see the picture captured from a stadium immediately otherwise immersive live coverage of a football game becomes tricky. Each of the hundreds of reporters covering the World Cup must be well-equipped to get high-quality pictures extra fast. Th organization and maintenance of such a large-scale broadcasting system may cost a fortune. The most daunting challenge was reducing expenses on such a system, and providing the lowest possible latency (usually ranges from 2 to 3 seconds).

AMT Group in cooperation with Elecard made it possible to organize a centralized system for capture and encoding of SDI-signal with further broadcasting and playback within the stadiums, the commentators’ locations, the VIP-boxes, the changing and locker areas, etc. Implementation of such a system based on the latest digital TV broadcasting technologies significantly reduced expenses. At the same time, the picture was delivered with the lowest possible latency – 300 milliseconds (0,3 seconds) from SDI-signal capture to video playback at the receiving device.

Long-time experience of AMT Group and Elecard members as well as extensive support received at different levels provided the opportunity to develop efficient codecs and create competitive broadcasting technology, which demonstrated high performance and stable work at a world-scale event.

“Our team is happy to make a contribution to organizing a fabulous football event – World Cup 2018. We plan to work hard to further improve our system for content delivery and broadcasting to ensure breath-catching viewing experience and make sure the delay is the lowest possible,”- says Nikolay Milovanov, Elecard CEO.

The World Cup 2018 organizing committee highly appreciated the stable work of AMT Group and Elecard and the strong level of technical competence of their team members. FIFA technical managers expressed the hope that cooperation with AMT Group and Elecard will continue in future at the next World Cup 2022 in Qatar.

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https://www.usabusinessradio.com/plug-and-play-announced-the-117-startups-selected-for-its-fall-2018-batches/#respondMon, 13 Aug 2018 14:00:17 +0000https://www.usabusinessradio.com/?p=9878

Plug and Play announced today the 117 startups accepted into its Fall 2018 Batches. The selected startups will join one of the following programs: Brand & Retail, Cybersecurity, Fintech, Food & Beverage, New Materials & Packaging, or Supply Chain & Logistics. The full list of startups can be viewed on Plug and Play’s website: bit.ly/pnpfall2018

“We’re focused on startups creating disruptive technologies that can change markets and make incremental improvements for our corporate partners,” says George Damouny, Partner at Plug and Play Ventures. “We have selected pre-seed to pre-IPO companies working on solutions from operational efficiency and security automation to food safety and augmented reality. We hope to see these companies grow immensely over the next few months through our expansive corporate ecosystem.”

Throughout the next three months, the startups will be immersed in Plug and Play’s network. They will be invited to attend mentor sessions, exclusive networking events, and business development matchmaking. Each startup in the batch is also thoroughly reviewed for the possibility of investment. Plug and Play does not take equity for participating in the program but actively invests in a large number of companies every year.

These startups will graduate October 23rd-25th at Plug and Play’s Fall Summit. Tickets are limited for the public audience and press passes are available for media. Register today: bit.ly/fallsummit18

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]]>https://www.usabusinessradio.com/plug-and-play-announced-the-117-startups-selected-for-its-fall-2018-batches/feed/0Electric Vehicle Share to Exceed 20%https://www.usabusinessradio.com/electric-vehicle-share-to-exceed-20/
https://www.usabusinessradio.com/electric-vehicle-share-to-exceed-20/#respondSun, 12 Aug 2018 14:23:17 +0000https://www.usabusinessradio.com/?p=9874While consumer adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs) continues to disappoint with only 2% of all vehicles shipping in 2018 expected to be electric, city governments are increasingly becoming aware of their benefits in terms of sustainability, reduced environmental impact, and improved air quality. The widespread introduction of urban emission zones, initially aimed at banning older diesel vehicles, will culminate in zero emission zones and city centers restricted to EVs only, according to a new report by ABI Research, a market-foresight advisory firm providing strategic guidance on the most compelling transformative technologies.

“However, vehicle electrification adoption drivers will increasingly shift from consumer-ownership to shared urban mobility, initially ridesharing followed by driverless EV car sharing in the longer term. The state of California is preparing a bill which would mandate 20% of miles traveled via ride-hailing services to be in EVs by 2023, rising to 50% by 2026. At the same time, Uber’s EV Champions program proactively pushes ridesharing electrification through education, support, and cash incentives for driver-partners,” said Dominique Bonte, Vice President End Markets at ABI Research. “The combined effect of the proportionally higher uptake of EVs in car-sharing fleets and their much higher utilization rates will result in global electric mileage share to exceed 20% by 2030.”

This shift to electric mobility services has important consequences for both charging station and grid infrastructure requirements. The business imperative of continuous operation and availability from both a profitability and customer experience perspective will drive the need for a granular network of both DC fast charging and future wireless public charging stations. With accelerating EV penetration, increasing stress on public grids will have to be mitigated by advanced demand-response and load balancing software solutions, EV charging management and Vehicle-to-Grid systems, widespread adoption of microgrids, and a more holistic, cross-vertical approach to energy management. Suppliers active in this space include Hevo Power, eMotorWerks, Greenlots, Nuvve, Jedlix, MOEV, and FleetCarma, recently acquired by Geotab. Ultimately, the transportation electrification revolution will require a fundamental redesign of the grid itself, tailored to accommodate distributed and decentralized modes of renewable energy consumption and generation in urban contexts.

Finally, smart cities transportation electrification will be multimodal, with EVs complemented by electric 2-wheel vehicles (bikes, scooters, and motorbikes), shuttles, boats, and future passenger carrying drones. Clearly, the dominance of car-based mobility is not sustainable. Uber’s recent investment in and partnership with Lime on electric scooter sharing and Lyft’s strategy to integrate bike and scooter sharing shows the urban mobility landscape is yet again being reshaped.

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]]>https://www.usabusinessradio.com/electric-vehicle-share-to-exceed-20/feed/0Some of the Books and Movies that have Influenced My Worldviewhttps://www.usabusinessradio.com/some-of-the-books-and-movies-that-have-influenced-my-worldview/
https://www.usabusinessradio.com/some-of-the-books-and-movies-that-have-influenced-my-worldview/#respondSat, 11 Aug 2018 12:29:45 +0000https://www.usabusinessradio.com/?p=9795Kevin Price, Editor at Large for USA Business Radio and Host of the Price of Business Show, has recently become hooked on Quora. In addition to daily hosting the Price of Business, Kevin has numerous writing obligations on this and other sites for which he serves as an editor and with his syndicated column, so we decided that if he’s going to write at Quora, he is going to share that content on this website. If you are on Quora, make sure to follow Kevin. You can check out his page here.

Kevin’s hot topics on Quora are history, free market economics, philosophy, and Myers Briggs typology, and many others. The following is one of his recent answers to the question in the title.

What a great question. However, not surprisingly for an INTJ, I have no idea where to begin. I love books and movies and I strongly believe they have impacted me.

This is certainly a partial list and definitely not necessarily the most important examples. They are just the ones that came to mind.

The list is random and absolutely in no particular order.

The Law, Frederic Bastiat. The book is short, and although old, easy to understand. The message is incredibly powerful and challenges one’s views about morality and the law. The ethical and moral case for liberty is much stronger than the incredibly potent efficiency argument.

How Should we Then Live?, Francis Schaeffer. “The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture is a major Christian cultural and historical documentary film series and book. The book was written by presuppositionalist theologian Francis A. Schaeffer and first published in 1976.” The book is prophetic and will provide insight of other changes one can expect.

Human Action, Ludwig Von Mises. “Human Action: A Treatise on Economics is a work by the Austrian economist and philosopher Ludwig von Mises. Widely considered Mises’ magnum opus, it presents the case for laissez-faire capitalism based on praxeology, or rational investigation of human decision-making.” This book captures the depth and breadth of Mises’ multi-disciplinary understanding of liberty. My favorite of the Austrian economists.

Education: Free and Compulsory, Murray Rothbard. “Rothbard explores the history of compulsory schooling to show that none of this is accident. The state has long used compulsory schooling—backed by egalitarian ideology—as a means of citizen control. In contrast, a market-based system of schools would adhere to a purely voluntary ethic, financed with private funds, and administered entirely by private enterprise.” One of the most powerful cases against government schools… Period!

In the latest issue of Research-Technology Management, the peer-reviewed journal of the Innovation Research Interchange (IRI), Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella suggests there are three main factors that contribute to a successful digital transformation: a value-creating concept, new capabilities, and the right culture.

In the exclusive, wide-ranging interview, Nadella also imparts some additional advice around how companies can navigate the challenges that come with executing a digital transformation. In addition to offering examples of how large companies such as Boeing have taken innovative approaches to digitization, Nadella gives readers clear-eyed and practical advice for taking the first steps.

“Any top executive must take a systems approach,” he says. “They must think about what the key initiatives are, how they are going to get the necessary capability, and what sort of cultural transformation will be needed in order to go bring all of the necessary elements together. That’s what’s going to separate winners from losers.”

Nadella continues: “My own take on it is that this is not just another thing to do. You can’t just hire a digital officer and think the job is done. Visit others and learn, open an office somewhere else to attract new talent.”

Other takeaways from the interview touch on the importance of cultivating a growth mindset, being grounded in what unique advantage the company can offer customers, and having a deep understanding of the organization’s values and capabilities.

Before being named CEO of Microsoft in February 2014, Nadella held leadership roles in both enterprise and consumer businesses across the company. Most recently, he was executive vice president of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group. In this role, he led the company’s transformation to the cloud infrastructure and services business, which outperformed the market and took share from competition.

“CapabilitySource is looking forward to accomplishing great things with censhare as a partner for clients’ digital transformation success,” says Glenn Coward, president and founder of CapabilitySource. “With censhare’s expertise, strength, and proven results in digital content management, our partnership will breed the strong digital transformation solutions which we believe are critical to enterprise-wide digital transformation.”

Amanda Eldridge, Director of Alliances at censhare US continued this positive sentiment, stating that, “As censhare continues to grow, our partner network continues to advance with it – partners who understand the intricacies of the digital landscape and are looking to disrupt the status quo. It’s therefore a pleasure to welcome CapabilitySource to the censhare community.”

Looking towards a bright future of collaboration, both companies are looking forward to solving work management challenges for business across the globe.

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]]>https://www.usabusinessradio.com/creating-a-better-digital-workplace/feed/0Exploring The Idea of Debt Relief With An Easier Debt Consolidation Loanhttps://www.usabusinessradio.com/exploring-the-idea-of-debt-relief-with-an-easier-debt-consolidation-loan/
https://www.usabusinessradio.com/exploring-the-idea-of-debt-relief-with-an-easier-debt-consolidation-loan/#respondWed, 08 Aug 2018 16:03:21 +0000https://www.usabusinessradio.com/?p=9865When people have been suffering a lot because of their debt situation, they often call upon the program of debt consolidation where they can explore the ways of how to diminish the debt amount. Many financial institutions provide the loan against the debt amount that has been consolidated. If people are in debt from different sources like credit card bills, hospital bills, personal loan, etc. then they can put together all in one single debt row and easily pay them off with the loan. The idea is a new single debt will replace just the different old debts. There are many advantages of a debt consolidation plan if pulled out smartly and efficiently.

Advantages of Debt Consolidation program

Once you consolidate all your debts together, you will be left with one amount to be paid, which sometimes work out easier and fits in the budget.

Most of the debts are high in charge. They have a high-interest rate, and that’s why people are unable to pay such a high amount. On applying for a consolidated debt loan, the incurred interest rate is comparatively low.

On combining the debts, the interests rate incurred on them also get combined. Thus, paying off the interest rate all together can be easily paid.

Most people deal with the credit card debt, and once they apply for the loan, they can pay off that very easily.

Planning to take a debt? Wait! It’s essential to consider the following points before applying

It is not that easy to apply for a debt consolidation loan. People think that like other loans, they can easily get the debt consolidation loan. Getting it is hard.

Like every other loan policy, you need to get a guarantor while applying for the loan. You need someone known and well acquainted who is ready to take up the responsibility of your deed. This part also increases the responsibility of the applicant as he has to find someone who can willingly participate in the loan procedure.

You need to keep one of your assets as a security for the loan. Many people put their house, land property, etc. as security. If you are unable to make the consolidated loan payment for your debt, then you might be on risk to lose that property.

The loan lender will make the full verification of your background before passing your application of loan. He will see whether you have a steady income or not, your employment status, your credit ratings of your past record, etc. Once he finds everything up on the mark, he will pass the request for the loan.

You may be charged with high-interest rate once your loan will get a green signal. It is in the hand of the financial

Debt consolidation loan plan is put out in the real world so that people can bring discipline in their life. After getting a loan, if you continue to get new debt overhead, then it is of no use, and essentially you will be buried down with loads of debt.

Even after having everything, for some people, the debt consolidation plan doesn’t work effectively. There are many reasons at fault where people unable to make it. For more information, log on to http://nationaldebtrelief.com.

How does debt consolidation option doesn’t work?

It’s not necessary that lenders are thinking and motivating you for debt relief plan for your good. They often do this for their own good also. They look at it as an opportunity for counting money on you. And more you will get into a debt situation; it will be their profit to get more of money from the people like you facing debt situations. There can be a chance that either you might not be able to qualify for debt consolidation plan or there could be another chance where the debt amount after consolidation can be too high that your monthly payment might not be able to cover it. If these scenarios are coming your way, then you need to think of other possible options which can help you in debt relief.

Bankruptcy – an option to save from debts

You can think of bankruptcy – an option, but that might not be an optimum solution. When you are overflowing by the debts, you may file in for bankruptcy which will then clear your shore from all debts. This is a question of choice, and there is no as such qualification needed. For dealing with the debt situation, this method is quick and cheap to pay off all debts.

Many people want to avoid the bankruptcy situation like this will going to affect them in bad shape, so they often choose debt consolidation loan plan. But the trap of falling for a higher interest rate can be hard for people, and thus they take the decision for bankruptcy. The fear of losing the asset and paying the high interest rate to the lender and facing the bankruptcy often confuse the people. If your decision for bankruptcy is final, you need to file an application for the settlement of debts in a legal way.

There is one more way by which you can pay off your debts in the affordable ways. The consumer proposal plan can help you in legally settling the debt in a very custom way. Through this, you only pay what they ask for instead of paying the principal and interest together. Unlike debt consolidation loan plan, you are not required to pay the high-interest amount. Through this way you can avoid the bankruptcy, you can avoid the situation in falling the clutches of lender of high-interest rate.

Conclusion

There are many ways by which you can settle your debt problem. There are some easy ways and some hard ways. Sometimes it’s the question of choice, and sometimes the situation is worsened. It is recommended to always go by right path and approach and in the first place avoid falling in debt trap.

Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) applauds the release of Senator Marco Rubio’s new bill, the Economic Security for New Parents Act, which would give all workers the option to access paid parental leave following the birth or adoption of a child, without burdening taxpayers.

The bill is modeled after IWF’s January 2018policy paper proposing modernizing an existing government program that workers already pay into–Social Security–to give them access to benefits they’ve already earned.

“We’re thrilled Senator Rubio stepped up to address the issue of paid leave in a fiscally responsible way,” said Carrie Lukas, president of Independent Women’s Forum. “Unlike the FAMILY Act, the Economic Security for New Parents Act won’t raise taxes, grow government, or hurt workers’ economic opportunities. But it will help workers and taxpayers.”

“We know paid leave is associated with health benefits, family wholeness, and increased labor force attachment, yet many parents in the U.S. cannot access it,” said Lukas. “The Rubio bill is a win-win for everyone: women, families, employers, employees, and the economy. Republicans and Democrats should get behind this important approach to paid leave.”

The Economic Security for New Parents Act is designed to be self-financing, as workers who voluntarily opt-in will receive early Social Security benefits for parental leave in exchange for delaying the collection of retirement benefits by an equal amount of time. Because of this tradeoff, the plan will have little effect on Social Security’s long run finances and will not change anything about retirement benefits for those who do not elect to use this new option. It does not expand the size of government; instead, it injects more flexibility and freedom into a program that already exists.

The Social Security parental leave approach is built on the idea of personal responsibility and fairness. Workers who take this new benefit are trading one benefit for another. A mother or father who takes leave once would delay eligibility for Social Security’s normal retirement benefits by about three months, so they would still be eligible to retire at a young age compared to expected longevity.

This gives them help when they need it most–when facing the considerable costs and need for time away from work when welcoming a new child–but as a tradeoff. This is also fair to workers who don’t want to use this option–and their retirement benefits will not be affected by this proposal.

Importantly, this tradeoff also will encourage businesses to maintain their existing paid leave benefits and continue expanding them, since those benefits will remain attractive to employees.

Competing proposals to expand access to paid leave do not serve American workers well. The FAMILY Act, introduced by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, would raise taxes on all workers, leaving them thousands of dollars poorer when they retire. It would also discourage employers from offering paid leave and other flexible arrangements. Unlike the FAMILY Act, the Economic Security for New Parents Act does not raise taxes and does not create a new entitlement.

To learn more about the Social Security parental leave approach, visit Independent Women’s Forum’s information center.

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]]>https://www.usabusinessradio.com/a-conservative-approach-to-paid-parental-leave/feed/0Low Levels of Fatty Acids Associated with Preterm Birthhttps://www.usabusinessradio.com/low-levels-of-fatty-acids-associated-with-preterm-birth/
https://www.usabusinessradio.com/low-levels-of-fatty-acids-associated-with-preterm-birth/#respondTue, 07 Aug 2018 14:22:33 +0000https://www.usabusinessradio.com/?p=9812New research funded in part by March of Dimes has found that pregnant women in their first and second trimester with the lowest blood levels of long-chain n-3 fatty acids – the kind found in fish oil — were at 10 times greater risk of early preterm birth compared with women who had higher levels. The findings suggest that eating fish that are good sources of the fatty acids EPA and DHA may help reduce the risk of preterm birth.

The study will be published online today in EBioMedicine by a team led by Sjurdur F. Olsen, M.D., from Centre for Fetal Programming at Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is a former March of Dimes grantee and undertook the study with colleagues at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

“March of Dimes is committed to finding solutions to preterm birth and to giving all babies the best possible start in life,” says Kelle H. Moley, M.D., senior vice president and chief scientific officer at March of Dimes. “It will be important to replicate these findings in other populations outside of Denmark, but we are very impressed by the power of these results and the weight of evidence. March of Dimes recommends that women who are pregnant or thinking of having a baby eat fish that are low in mercury and good sources of EPA and DHA, like herring, salmon, trout, and anchovies, as well as orange juice, milk and eggs that have EPA and DHA added to them. Pregnant women should get 200 mg (micrograms) of DHA each day from food or supplements.”

Premature birth affects 15 million babies each year worldwide and is on the rise in the United States. Recently released provisional data for 2017 from the National Center for Health Statistics show that the preterm birth rate in the U.S. has reached 9.93 percent, up from 9.85 in 2016, the third consecutive annual increase after steady declines over the previous seven years.

Dr. Olsen has been studying for many years the hypothesis that low levels of the long-chain fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid (EPA and DHA) may be a major risk factor for preterm birth. For this new study, the team examined data from the Danish National Birth Cohort, a nationwide study following 96,000 children in Denmark through questionnaires and registry linkages. They analyzed blood samples from 376 women who gave birth very prematurely (prior to 34 weeks of gestation) between 1996 and 2003 and 348 women who did not, all during their first and second trimesters of pregnancy.

Analysis of the blood samples showed that women who with the lowest serum levels of EPA and DHA — 1.6 percent or less — had a 10 times higher risk of early preterm birth when compared with women in the highest levels.

March of Dimes leads the fight for the health of all moms and babies. We support research, lead programs and provide education and advocacy so that every family can have the best possible start. Building on a successful 80-year legacy of impact and innovation, we stand up for every mom and every baby. Visit marchofdimes.org or nacersano.org for more information. Visit shareyourstory.org for comfort and support. Find us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram and Twitter.